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Secunia Research: Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal Vulnerability

2008-10-0600:00:00
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                 Secunia Research 02/10/2008

- Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

  • Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 patch 4 build 1367

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Information disclosure
Where: Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Protect your desktops, laptops, and file servers with OfficeScanβ„’,
comprehensive security against today’s complex, blended threats and
Web-based attacks."

Product Link:
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/officescan-client-server-edition/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Trend Micro
OfficeScan, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain
knowledge of sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in
TmListen.exe when a client is configured to be an update agent. This
can be exploited to retrieve arbitrary files from the system via
directory traversal attacks.

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5) Solution

Apply patches available from the vendor.

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6) Time Table

15/09/2008 - Vendor notified.
15/09/2008 - Vendor response.
02/10/2008 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-2439 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-39/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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